2010 Draft Prep: 27-year-old breakouts

Love the breakout 27-year-old theory, or hate it, you cannot ignore it. At least you shouldn't.

Go ahead and curse us for projecting a career year from 2009 bust Grady Sizemore.

But, regardless, targeting players entering their prime just makes too much sense in Fantasy Baseball. You can debate when one's prime begins, sure, but every situation is different.

We define a player's prime as 27-32 as a general rule of thumb: Breakouts at that age are based on medical research that suggests a man's body reaches its physical peak at that point; also, after years of seasoning and pro experience, everything comes together for career highs across the board.

There are subcategories to consider with 27-year-olds as well:

1. 27s already productive and in their prime -- see Miguel Cabrera.
2. 27s who had big years at age 26 -- see Joe Mauer.
3. 27s who have already been productive but are better than they showed in 2009 -- see David Wright.
4. And, finally, 27-year-olds who have yet to break through and can this year -- keep reading.

Let's focus our energy on subcategory No. 4. We always strive to find stocks ready to mature -- injury-plagued Sizemores or not. For a review of last year's 27s, click here.

Remember, a sleeper doesn't sleep if the masses make too much noise about him, but here are our top 10 27-year-olds that we haven't seen the best of yet and can outperform their draft position.

Note: These 27-year-olds will be that age at any point during the upcoming season, whether they turned 27 during last season or not.

1. Rickie Weeks
Second baseman | Milwaukee Brewers
27th birthdate: Sept. 13, 2009
Career highs by category: .279 AVG, 16 HR, 46 RBI, 89 R, 25 SB, .374 OBP, .432 SLUG

Sometimes players get a second chance to be 27, when they celebrate that birthday in the middle of last season. Weeks was one of top 10 27-year-old breakouts last year, but he earned an "incomplete," needing season-ending wrist surgery on a torn tendon sheath. He has had issues with that wrist for years, but if that surgery worked -- Carlos Delgado, Derrek Lee and Gary Sheffield are past success stories from it -- Weeks can be the 30-30 gem he was once billed to be.

Weeks hasn't reached 500 at-bats in his career yet, but we did get a glimpse of the power that made his Triple-A manager once say Weeks will hit more homers than Prince Fielder. In just 147 at-bats in 2009, Weeks hit nine homers. That is roughly one every 16 at-bats. For 500 at-bats, that is 30-plus homers. Since Weeks is a leadoff man, he could get 600 at-bats with a full season of health finally. That would 37 homers.

Not Fielder power, but more on the level of 2009 27-year-old breakouts Aaron Hill and Ian Kinsler. Weeks is a great injury-risk sleeper after the top 10 Fantasy second baseman are off the board.

2. Howie Kendrick
Second baseman | L.A. Angels of Anaheim
27th birthdate: July 12, 2010
Career highs by category: .322 AVG, 10 HR, 61 RBI, 61 R, 11 SB, .347 OBP, .450 SLUG

Kendrick's career has paralleled Weeks' in many ways, namely with the injury woes and general disappointment as an elite prospect. Heck, Kendrick hasn't even reached 400 at-bats in a single season yet, and that is also without much of a walk rate that would keep his at-bat totals low compared to plate appearances.

We have barely seen a half season of Kendrick, much less a full one. His time is now, though.

Despite knocks of being an impatient hitter, Kendrick has long been billed as a future batting champion. He could develop into a 20-20 man in the homers-steals categories, too.

All told, Kendrick is a nice consolation prize if you miss out on an elite second baseman and don't trust Weeks to come through due to his wrist.

3. Miguel Montero
Catcher | Arizona Diamondbacks
27th birthdate: July 9, 2010
Career highs by category: .294 AVG, 16 HR, 59 RBI, 61 R, 1 SB, .355 OBP, .478 SLUG

For years, Montero has been sitting, err crouching, in Chris Snyder's shadow. But Snyder's season-ending back surgery allowed the 26-year-old to break through last year.

The power was always there, even as Snyder's backup backstop, but he now looks like a potential top five Fantasy option at the position. Assuming you can draft him after that lofty status, you will have a great buy on your hands.

In the second half alone, with Snyder fully out of the picture, Montero went .316-11-40-39 (.366-.534). Extrapolated to a full season, regardless of Snyder's return, Montero might be outproduced by only Joe Mauer, Victor Martinez and Brian McCann at the position.

4. Joey Votto
First baseman | Cincinnati Reds
27th birthdate: Sept. 10, 2010
Career highs by category: .322 AVG, 25 HR, 84 RBI, 82 R, 7 SB, .414 OBP, .567 SLUG

Votto is already coming off a career year, but you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who believes he is done getting better. It might lead you to think he has a better chance to be overrated than undervalued. But then you look at the deep and powerful first base position, where Votto is still going to be a fourth or fifth-tier option.

Votto was hitting .360 before he went down for three weeks last season. If not for that stretch, he might have made our top 10 Fantasy first basemen to target on Draft Day, which would make him an early round pick.

He could go .325-30-100-100-10 and wind up with that lofty status going into next season.

5. Stephen Drew
Shortstop | Arizona Diamondbacks
27th birthdate: March 16, 2010
Career highs by category: .291 AVG, 21 HR, 67 RBI, 91 R, 9 SB, .333 OBP, .502 SLUG

Drew is already only the third shortstop in history to have 40 doubles, 20 homers and 10 triples in a season back in 2008, but he was widely a bust in Fantasy 2009 at the age of 26. It sure shoots down the theory that 26 is a better barometer for the start of a player's prime, right?

Well, we won't be so foolish to discredit him for a comeback year this go around. In fact, look at this full list of players entering their prime and count the Diamondbacks. It doesn't include last year's breakout Mark Reynolds or far-away from his prime/burgeoning Fantasy superstar Justin Upton.

What does this have to do with Drew? Everything. Like Troy Tulowitzki, the gold standard for thump at the shortstop position, as his team goes, so goes the shortstop.

It should be a surprisingly good year in Arizona, especially if Brandon Webb proves healthy and ace-like again. Drew should be even better than he was in 2008 and will be a great bargain if he slips past the top 10 Fantasy shortstops taken on Draft Day.

6. Ian Kinsler
Second baseman | Texas Rangers
27th birthdate: June 22, 2009
Career highs by category: .319 AVG, 31 HR, 86 RBI, 102 R, 31 SB, .375 OBP, .517 SLUG

Another second baseman on this list and another second-timer. Kinsler reached 30-30 status as an in-season 27-year-old last year -- actually 31-31 -- but he did it by hitting .066 points lower than 2008 at .253.

His walk rate and low strikeout rate suggest he is much closer to a .300 hitter than a .250 hitter. We still haven't seen 150 games out of him, so if he can finally prove healthy and consistent -- that tends to come with experience -- he could go .300-35-100-100-30. That could arguably make him better than No. 1 Fantasy second baseman Chase Utley at a similar age.

We all should remember the start he got off to last season, hitting .322 with seven homers and seven steals in April. No one can keep that blistering pace, but Kinsler is as good of a bet as anyone.

It will be real tough to acquire him on Draft Day this spring, but we have already seen him slipping a bit further in drafts this year than last. This should still be his best season yet.

7. Chris Iannetta
Catcher | Colorado Rockies
27th birthdate: April 8, 2010
Career highs by category: .264 AVG, 18 HR, 65 RBI, 50 R, 0 SB, .390 OBP, .505 SLUG

After breaking through as a 25-year-old in 2008 -- posting that line you see above -- Iannetta slumped to .228-16-52-41-0 (.344-.460) and went from star catcher for Team USA in the WBC to backup backstop to unimpressive Yorvit Torrealba with the Rockies. Blame it on the WBC, if you want.

Iannetta might have to beat out 2009 surprise Miguel Olivo, who signed with the Rockies in the offseason, but Iannetta is just too good to overlook on Draft Day, particularly at such a thin position. The perception he might not play everyday will allow him to outperform his draft position even if he can't quite match his first semi-full season in '08.

8. Carlos Quentin
Outfielder | Chicago White Sox
27th birthdate: Aug. 28, 2009
Career highs by category: .287 AVG, 36 HR, 100 RBI, 96 R, 7 SB, .394 OBP, .571 SLUG

Quentin, a repeat 27-year-old, was more breakdown than breakout last year. He gets a chance to redeem himself.

Although he posted that huge statline all in his 2008 breakthrough, we still haven't seen a full season out of him. With better health, Quentin can go over 500 at-bats for the first time in his young, injury-plagued career and put together a .300-40-110-100-10 (.400-.600) campaign.

Many might have anticipated that a year ago, but the fact he fell woefully short will allow him to slip a lot further on Draft Day. He represents an intriguing injury-risk sleeper after the Top 20 outfielders are off the board in Fantasy.

9. Chris B. Young
Outfielder | Arizona Diamondbacks
27th birthdate: Sept. 5, 2010
Career highs by category: .248 AVG, 32 HR, 85 RBI, 85 R, 27 SB, .315 OBP, .467 SLUG

Apparently we are big believers that you should go out and buy stock in the Diamondbacks. They should enjoy a renaissance as one of the best young teams in baseball this season. If Young comes close to his potential, they might even be a pennant contender.

Because of his high strikeout rate, he might never hit .260 -- he has yet to even crack .250 -- but it is the speed-and-power combination that is so intriguing to us in Fantasy. Since looking like a future 30-30 candidate his rookie season -- .237-32-68-85-27 (.295-.467) -- Young has progressively declined the past two seasons. He even wound up on the bench and back in Triple-A last year.

In his brief stop there, Young was back to being a world-beater. That wakeup call then helped him finish strong with the D-Backs, going .299-8-14-18 with a .598 SLUG after Sept. 4. The fact he went for just a meager $8 bid in the CBSSports.com NL-only analysts auction in mid-February -- to yours truly -- suggests even the touts are overlooking a potential resurgence.

10. Edwin Encarnacion
Third baseman | Toronto Blue Jays
27th birthdate: Jan. 7, 2010
Career highs by category: .289 AVG, 26 HR, 76 RBI, 75 R, 8 SB, .359 OBP, .473 SLUG

There wasn't anything to like about Encarnacion's season last year, one that was plagued by a chip fracture in his wrist that he tried to swing through. Give him credit for that at least.

Encarnacion's career highs suggest he could become a .285-30-100-100-10 slugging third baseman in his prime. He will be on the board after the top 20 at the position to boot. His potential suggests he can finish as a top 10 option, which is plenty of bang for your late buck.

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Of course, if everyone buys into the above list, you won't be getting these guys at a bargain. Try making your own list from the names below. Or, better yet, target players in their prime throughout your draft. They have the most potential to improve and outperform their draft position.

Notice we don't list any pitchers in the top 10. We tend to believe that skill is something more specific to experience and mastery than mere physical prowess. If you want to get ahead of the curve on pitcher breakthroughs, we suggest those with 40-70 career starts (roughly starters in their third year).

We break those down in another forthcoming list, but that doesn't mean pitchers can't be at their best at age 27.

Here are the significant players, pitchers included, at the prime age (listed alphabetically): Jeremy Bonderman, SP, DET; Michael Bourn, OF, HOU; Miguel Cabrera, 1B, DET; Robinson Cano, 2B, NYY; Matt Capps, RP, WAS; Ronny Cedeno, SS, PIT; Shin-Soo Choo, OF, CLE; Jeff Clement, C/1B, PIT; Manny Corpas, RP, COL; Kyle Davies, SP, KC; Joey Devine, RP, OAK; Stephen Drew, SS, ARI; Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, BOS; Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, TOR; Andre Ethier, OF, LAD; Scott Feldman, SP, TEX; Gavin Floyd, SP, CHW; Jake Fox, 3B, OAK; Chris Getz, 2B, KC; Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, SD; Tom Gorzelanny, SP, CHC; Franklin Gutierrez, OF, PHI; Juan Gutierrez, RP, ARI; J.A. Happ, SP, PHI; J.J. Hardy, SS, MIN; Blake Hawksworth, RP, STL; Luke Hochevar, SP, KC; J.P. Howell, RP, TB; Chris Iannetta, C, COL; Conor Jackson, OF, ARI; Edwin Jackson, SP, ARI; Jim R. Johnson, RP, BAL; Howie Kendrick, 2B, LAA; Ian Kinsler, 2B, TEX; Casey Kotchman, 1B, SEA; George Kottaras, C, MIL; Jason Kubel, OF, MIN; Andy LaRoche, 3B, PIT; Adam Lind, OF, TOR; Mark Lowe, RP, SEA; Paul Maholm, SP, PIT; Carlos Marmol, RP, CHC; Sean Marshall, SP, CHC; Russell Martin, C, LAD; Jeff Mathis, C, LAA; Joe Mauer, C, MIN; Brandon McCarthy, SP, TEX; Casey McGehee, 3B, MIL; Yadier Molina, C, STL; Miguel Montero, C, ARI; Kendry Morales, 1B, LAA; Brandon Moss, OF, PIT; Jeff Niemann, SP, TB; Fernando Nieve, SP, NYM; Ricky Nolasco, SP, FLA; Micah Owings, RP, CIN; Manny Parra, SP, MIL; Eric Patterson, 2B, OAK; Steve Pearce, OF, PIT; Dustin Pedroia, 2B, BOS; Hunter Pence, OF, HOU; Jhonny Peralta, SS/3B, CLE; Glen Perkins, SP, MIN; Carlos Quentin, OF, CHW; Jose B. Reyes, SS, NYM; Mark Reynolds, 3B, ARI; Clayton Richard, SP, SD; Ryan Rowland-Smith, SP, SEA; Gaby Sanchez, 1B, FLA; Grady Sizemore, OF, CLE; Andy Sonnanstine, SP, TB; Jeremy Sowers, SP, CLE; Tim Stauffer, SP, SD; Huston Street, RP, COL; Eugenio Velez, OF, SF; Will Venable, OF, SD; Joey Votto, 1B, CIN; Jered Weaver, SP, LAA; Rickie Weeks, 2B, MIL; Randy Wells, SP, CHC; David Wright, 3B, NYM; and Chris B. Young, OF, ARI.

While those are favorites to have career years, the list of 27-year-olds is quite large. Here is the list and sortable career stats of players who will be 27 at some point during the 2010 season, broken down by hitters and pitchers.

You should print this list out, highlight these players on your cheatsheet and target them periodically during your draft. The odds are in their favor to be at their best yet and outperform their Draft Day value in 2010.

27-year-old hitter stats
Player	Birthdate	G	AB	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	OBP	SLUG
Anderson, Josh	8/10/1982	179	486	.272	4	47	73	36	.313	.352
Armstrong, Cole	8/24/1983	0	0		0	0	0	0
Aubrey, Michael	4/15/1982	46	135	.259	6	17	14	0	.310	.444
Aybar, Willy	3/9/1983	305	949	.267	27	114	115	7	.349	.414
Barfield, Josh	12/17/1982	309	1012	.264	16	112	133	35	.295	.375
Barton, Brian	4/25/1982	83	153	.268	2	13	23	3	.354	.392
Bixler, Brian	10/22/1982	68	152	.178	0	5	21	2	.238	.237
Boggs, Brandon	1/9/1983	110	300	.217	8	41	30	3	.322	.383
Bourn, Michael	12/27/1982	417	1200	.262	9	70	185	121	.327	.349
Bowker, John	7/8/1983	142	393	.244	12	50	38	2	.291	.402
Brown, Dusty	6/19/1982	7	3	.333	1	1	1	0	.500	1.333
Brown, Matt	8/8/1982	15	24	.042	0	3	0	1	.148	.083
Butera, Drew	8/9/1983	0	0		0	0	0	0
Cabrera, Miguel	4/18/1983	1040	3921	.311	209	753	630	24	.383	.542
Callaspo, Alberto	4/19/1983	308	975	.286	11	102	112	5	.341	.404
Cano, Robinson	10/22/1982	734	2855	.306	87	394	406	17	.339	.480
Carroll, Brett	10/3/1982	141	207	.208	3	21	33	0	.273	.324
Carter, Chris	9/16/1982	13	23	.261	0	4	5	0	.308	.261
Cedeno, Ronny	2/2/1983	434	1245	.240	23	126	138	20	.280	.346
Choo, Shin-Soo	7/13/1982	315	1092	.296	37	180	184	30	.386	.491
Clement, Jeff	8/21/1983	75	219	.237	7	26	21	0	.309	.393
Diaz, Robinzon	9/19/1983	44	139	.281	1	20	9	1	.306	.353
Dickerson, Chris	4/10/1982	128	357	.283	8	30	51	16	.383	.440
Dlugach, Brent	3/3/1983	5	3	.000	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Drew, Stephen	3/16/1983	496	1896	.270	50	215	249	19	.326	.445
Ellsbury, Jacoby	9/11/1983	331	1294	.297	20	125	212	129	.350	.414
Encarnacion, Edwin	1/7/1983	556	1918	.260	79	286	261	20	.341	.448
Escobar, Yunel	11/2/1982	371	1361	.301	29	164	214	12	.375	.426
Ethier, Andre	4/10/1982	580	1964	.291	75	302	282	17	.363	.490
Everidge, Tommy	4/20/1983	24	85	.224	2	7	13	0	.302	.365
Fields, Josh	12/14/1982	204	664	.229	31	101	90	3	.302	.416
Fiorentino, Jeff	4/14/1983	58	148	.270	1	21	23	4	.341	.324
Fox, Jake	7/20/1982	89	230	.252	11	45	26	0	.305	.457
Frandsen, Kevin	5/24/1982	174	408	.240	7	39	41	4	.304	.341
Freese, David	4/28/1983	17	31	.323	1	7	3	0	.353	.484
Gardner, Brett	8/24/1983	150	375	.256	3	39	66	39	.325	.352
Getz, Chris	8/30/1983	117	382	.262	2	32	51	26	.323	.346
Gimenez, Chris	12/27/1982	45	111	.144	3	7	12	1	.256	.243
Gonzalez, Adrian	5/8/1982	698	2576	.281	137	424	401	1	.362	.506
Gonzalez, Alberto	4/18/1983	162	406	.256	2	44	47	1	.298	.345
Greene, Tyler	8/17/1983	48	108	.222	2	7	9	3	.270	.324
Gutierrez, Franklin	2/21/1983	437	1372	.268	40	155	203	33	.321	.415
Gwynn, Tony	10/4/1982	249	635	.261	2	36	82	25	.331	.326
Hardy, J.J.	8/19/1982	571	2075	.262	75	265	279	5	.323	.428
Hernandez, Anderson	10/30/1982	186	534	.245	4	57	56	7	.303	.324
Hester, John	9/14/1983	15	28	.250	1	4	4	0	.300	.429
Hoffpauir, Jarrett	6/18/1983	8	12	.250	0	2	1	0	.438	.417
Hollimon, Michael	6/14/1982	11	23	.261	1	2	4	0	.280	.565
Huber, Justin	7/1/1982	72	161	.224	2	15	14	1	.276	.304
Hulett, Tug	2/28/1983	45	67	.194	1	3	6	0	.270	.254
Hundley, Nick	9/8/1983	138	454	.238	13	54	44	5	.298	.385
Iannetta, Chris	4/8/1983	285	896	.242	40	154	125	0	.361	.446
Ishikawa, Travis	9/24/1983	165	445	.265	12	58	62	3	.330	.402
Jackson, Conor	5/7/1982	484	1624	.281	45	236	234	18	.361	.431
Janish, Paul	10/12/1982	128	336	.205	2	22	41	2	.290	.292
Jaramillo, Jason	10/9/1982	63	206	.252	3	26	20	1	.309	.364
Jaso, John	9/19/1983	5	10	.200	0	0	2	0	.200	.200
Johnson, Rob	7/22/1983	100	292	.205	3	29	24	2	.274	.315
Kendrick, Howie	7/12/1983	357	1319	.302	22	167	184	33	.333	.434
Kinsler, Ian	6/22/1982	515	1990	.279	83	273	364	91	.350	.477
Koshansky, Joe	5/26/1982	35	50	.180	3	10	5	0	.236	.440
Kotchman, Casey	2/22/1983	520	1674	.269	40	233	195	9	.337	.406
Kottaras, George	5/10/1983	48	98	.235	1	10	16	0	.304	.388
Kubel, Jason	5/25/1982	511	1675	.278	71	279	229	9	.339	.474
LaHair, Bryan	11/5/1982	45	136	.250	3	10	15	0	.315	.346
Larish, Jeff	10/11/1982	74	178	.242	6	23	25	2	.323	.404
LaRoche, Andy	9/13/1983	261	840	.230	18	92	97	7	.314	.352
Lillibridge, Brent	9/18/1983	75	175	.177	1	11	18	8	.258	.251
Lind, Adam	7/17/1983	346	1263	.287	57	208	183	4	.338	.495
Macias, Drew	3/7/1983	69	96	.198	3	12	11	0	.307	.354
Macri, Matt	5/29/1982	18	34	.324	1	4	3	1	.361	.441
Maier, Mitch	6/30/1982	166	445	.249	3	40	54	9	.328	.324
Manzella, Tommy	4/16/1983	7	5	.200	0	0	0	0	.200	.200
Martin, Russell	2/15/1983	570	2013	.276	49	274	302	60	.368	.407
Mather, Joe	7/23/1982	54	133	.241	8	18	20	1	.306	.474
Mathis, Jeff	3/31/1983	265	749	.200	20	99	95	4	.277	.320
Mauer, Joe	4/19/1983	699	2582	.327	72	397	419	34	.408	.483
McGehee, Casey	10/12/1982	125	379	.293	16	71	59	0	.348	.480
Metcalf, Travis	8/17/1982	80	217	.249	11	35	36	0	.300	.475
Miranda, Juan	4/25/1983	13	19	.368	1	4	4	0	.435	.579
Molina, Yadier	7/13/1982	669	2215	.269	35	263	189	13	.327	.365
Montero, Miguel	7/9/1983	288	839	.267	31	117	115	1	.332	.445
Montz, Luke	7/7/1983	10	21	.143	1	3	2	0	.308	.286
Morales, Jose	2/20/1983	55	122	.328	0	7	15	0	.394	.385
Morales, Kendry	6/20/1983	279	943	.283	46	153	126	4	.334	.505
Moss, Brandon	9/16/1983	227	646	.241	15	76	72	2	.307	.393
Nelson, Brad	12/23/1982	28	28	.071	0	0	0	0	.161	.143
Nix, Jayson	8/26/1982	116	311	.206	12	34	38	11	.295	.363
Oeltjen, Trent	2/28/1983	24	70	.243	3	4	11	3	.250	.457
Pagnozzi, Matt	11/10/1982	6	3	.000	0	0	1	0	.250	.000
Patterson, Eric	4/8/1983	89	232	.233	2	26	31	16	.320	.310
Pearce, Steve	4/13/1983	120	342	.237	8	37	38	5	.304	.392
Pedroia, Dustin	8/17/1983	481	1888	.307	42	212	324	47	.370	.455
Pence, Hunter	4/13/1983	424	1636	.289	67	224	211	36	.340	.488
Peralta, Jhonny	5/28/1982	832	3101	.266	96	413	440	8	.331	.425
Perez, Fernando	4/23/1983	41	94	.234	3	10	22	5	.301	.351
Quentin, Carlos	8/28/1982	367	1226	.254	71	219	195	13	.349	.491
Reyes, Argenis	9/25/1982	58	127	.205	1	3	13	3	.246	.228
Reyes, Jose	6/11/1983	791	3353	.286	63	325	551	301	.337	.435
Reynolds, Mark	8/3/1983	418	1483	.257	89	261	247	35	.338	.500
Richar, Danny	6/6/1983	79	231	.229	6	18	35	2	.281	.381
Romero, Alex	9/9/1983	144	280	.239	2	30	27	6	.279	.339
Rosales, Adam	5/20/1983	105	259	.212	4	21	23	2	.296	.309
Ruggiano, Justin	4/12/1982	52	90	.200	2	10	11	2	.250	.311
Ryal, Rusty	3/16/1983	30	59	.271	3	9	11	0	.353	.593
Sammons, Clint	5/15/1983	31	68	.176	1	4	3	0	.243	.235
Sanchez, Gaby	9/2/1983	26	29	.276	2	4	2	0	.323	.552
Sandoval, Freddy	8/16/1982	11	17	.176	0	0	1	0	.222	.235
Sizemore, Grady	8/2/1982	788	3131	.275	129	413	552	130	.367	.485
Smith, Seth	9/30/1982	207	451	.290	19	70	78	5	.375	.499
Soto, Geovany	1/20/1983	273	905	.264	37	143	106	1	.348	.461
Stavinoha, Nick	5/3/1982	68	144	.215	2	21	10	1	.232	.313
Sutton, Drew	6/30/1983	42	66	.212	1	9	10	0	.297	.348
Suzuki, Kurt	10/4/1983	363	1313	.272	29	169	155	10	.329	.398
Tatum, Craig	3/18/1983	26	68	.162	1	6	3	0	.250	.221
Tolbert, Matt	5/4/1982	112	311	.251	2	25	46	13	.310	.338
Toregas, Wyatt	12/2/1982	19	51	.176	0	6	1	0	.267	.196
Velez, Eugenio	5/16/1982	196	571	.264	6	63	77	30	.305	.396
Venable, Will	10/29/1982	123	403	.258	14	48	54	7	.327	.427
Votto, Joey	9/10/1983	306	1079	.310	53	185	162	12	.388	.536
Weeks, Rickie	9/13/1982	482	1762	.247	60	182	334	80	.351	.415
Whitesell, Josh	4/14/1982	53	115	.200	2	15	8	0	.352	.313
Wilson, Bobby	4/8/1983	19	11	.182	0	1	0	0	.250	.273
Wright, David	12/20/1982	847	3185	.309	140	561	552	119	.389	.518
Young, Chris B.	9/5/1983	472	1697	.235	71	205	234	54	.307	.438
Young, Delwyn	6/30/1982	234	519	.266	10	53	54	3	.327	.385

27-year-old pitcher stats
Player	Birthdate	G	GS	INN	W	L	ERA	SO	BB	WHIP	BAA
Aceves, Alfredo	12/8/1982	49	5	114	11	1	3.24	85	26	1.053	.222
Albaladejo, Jonathan	10/30/1982	53	0	62 1/3	6	3	4.19	46	24	1.396	.272
Albers, Matt	1/20/1983	119	23	241 2/3	10	22	5.29	157	115	1.581	.285
Axford, John	4/1/1983	7	0	7 2/3	0	0	3.52	9	6	1.435	.179
Badenhop, Burke	2/8/1983	48	10	119 1/3	9	7	4.68	92	45	1.433	.272
Banks, Josh	7/18/1982	26	18	115 1/3	4	7	5.38	54	38	1.500	.301
Belisario, Ronald	12/31/1982	69	0	70 2/3	4	3	2.04	64	29	1.146	.201
Bisenius, Joe	9/18/1982	2	0	2	0	0	0.00	3	2	2.000	.286
Blevins, Jerry	9/6/1983	62	0	64 2/3	1	4	4.18	61	21	1.237	.241
Bonderman, Jeremy	10/28/1982	177	164	1005	59	67	4.78	817	344	1.395	.269
Braden, Dallas	8/13/1983	61	46	280 2/3	14	21	4.68	177	93	1.443	.282
Bray, Bill	6/5/1983	130	0	112	8	7	3.86	107	47	1.518	.277
Broadway, Lance	8/20/1983	27	2	55	2	2	5.24	39	25	1.600	.284
Buckner, Billy	8/27/1983	33	18	125 1/3	6	8	5.74	92	49	1.564	.302
Burke, Greg	9/21/1982	48	0	45 2/3	3	3	4.14	33	23	1.555	.271
Burnett, Sean	9/17/1982	142	13	186	8	9	4.35	115	90	1.446	.258
Capps, Matt	9/3/1983	271	0	271 2/3	19	19	3.61	208	50	1.178	.261
Chavez, Jesse	8/21/1983	88	0	82 1/3	1	5	4.48	63	31	1.457	.276
Chico, Matt	6/10/1983	42	39	215	7	15	4.98	125	91	1.567	.290
Coke, Phil	7/19/1982	84	0	74 2/3	5	3	3.74	63	22	.991	.199
Corpas, Manny	12/3/1982	224	0	223 2/3	9	11	3.74	159	58	1.314	.276
Daley, Matt	6/23/1982	57	0	51	1	1	4.24	55	18	1.196	.231
Davies, Kyle	9/9/1983	106	99	523	34	44	5.54	369	261	1.620	.284
Devine, Joey	9/19/1983	67	0	65 1/3	7	2	2.48	69	37	1.240	.192
Dillard, Tim	7/19/1983	15	0	18 2/3	0	1	6.27	6	11	1.875	.320
Dolsi, Freddy	1/9/1983	48	0	58 1/3	2	5	3.55	32	32	1.629	.275
Duensing, Brian	2/22/1983	24	9	84	5	2	3.64	53	31	1.369	.263
Duke, Zach	4/19/1983	131	130	805 1/3	37	55	4.30	409	212	1.450	.302
Egbert, Jack	5/12/1983	2	0	2 2/3	0	0	27.00	0	2	3.750	.533
Ekstrom, Mike	8/30/1983	20	0	28	0	2	6.75	25	15	1.786	.313
Estrada, Marco	7/5/1983	15	1	20	0	1	7.20	19	9	1.600	.274
Feldman, Scott	2/7/1983	135	56	430 2/3	24	21	4.58	240	165	1.391	.265
Fisher, Carlos	2/22/1983	39	0	52 1/3	1	1	4.47	48	31	1.548	.262
Floyd, Gavin	1/27/1983	103	92	578	36	29	4.67	432	212	1.367	.259
Gabino, Armando	8/31/1983	2	1	3 2/3	0	0	17.18	2	5	3.818	.450
Gaudin, Chad	3/24/1983	216	75	596 1/3	34	35	4.50	465	283	1.516	.269
Geer, Josh	6/2/1983	24	22	129 2/3	3	8	5.28	70	32	1.365	.284
Gonzalez, Edgar	2/23/1983	106	41	323	14	25	5.88	207	113	1.560	.302
Gonzalez, Enrique	7/14/1982	29	18	115 1/3	4	7	5.93	68	39	1.439	.280
Gorzelanny, Tom	7/12/1982	89	72	421 2/3	29	28	4.87	292	189	1.489	.271
Gutierrez, Juan	7/14/1983	72	3	92 1/3	5	4	4.48	82	36	1.386	.261
Hacker, Eric	3/26/1983	3	0	3	0	0	6.00	1	2	2.000	.333
Haeger, Charlie	9/19/1983	25	4	53	2	3	5.26	39	33	1.566	.245
Hammel, Jason	9/2/1982	107	58	384	17	23	5.18	273	138	1.523	.292
Happ, J.A.	10/19/1982	44	28	201 2/3	13	5	3.21	150	72	1.269	.246
Hart, Kevin	12/29/1982	47	14	119 2/3	6	11	5.26	88	66	1.747	.302
Hawksworth, Blake	3/1/1983	30	0	40	4	0	2.03	20	15	1.100	.209
Hinckley, Michael	10/5/1982	28	0	23 1/3	0	0	1.93	12	14	1.286	.211
Hinshaw, Alex	10/31/1982	57	0	45 2/3	2	1	4.53	49	36	1.686	.246
Hochevar, Luke	9/15/1983	51	48	284 2/3	13	26	5.88	183	97	1.468	.284
Howell, J.P.	4/25/1983	166	33	322	18	20	4.47	307	146	1.394	.248
Hughes, Dusty	6/29/1982	8	1	14	0	2	5.14	15	8	1.500	.245
Humber, Philip	12/21/1982	18	1	29 2/3	0	0	6.07	19	17	1.820	.306
Jackson, Edwin	9/9/1983	139	110	670	38	39	4.66	472	299	1.513	.275
Jackson, Zach	5/13/1983	22	17	105 1/3	4	5	5.81	63	34	1.566	.303
Johnson, Jim	6/27/1983	120	1	143 2/3	6	11	3.70	88	56	1.357	.257
Karstens, Jeff	9/24/1982	63	31	216 2/3	9	17	5.15	96	78	1.458	.281
Kensing, Logan	7/3/1982	134	3	161	8	9	5.81	143	88	1.634	.277
Keppel, Bobby	6/11/1982	49	6	92 1/3	1	5	5.36	53	39	1.657	.311
Kilby, Brad	2/19/1983	11	1	17	1	0	0.53	20	4	.824	.164
Lambert, Chris	3/8/1983	14	3	33	1	3	7.36	26	14	1.970	.347
Leach, Brent	11/18/1982	38	0	20 1/3	2	0	5.75	19	12	1.377	.213
League, Brandon	3/16/1983	168	0	202 1/3	7	10	4.09	154	73	1.339	.258
Lerew, Anthony	10/28/1982	14	5	35	0	3	6.69	22	23	1.857	.296
Lewis, Scott	9/26/1983	5	5	28 1/3	4	0	3.49	18	7	1.200	.248
Lopez, Arturo	2/22/1983	4	0	2 1/3	0	0	19.29	0	3	4.286	.538
Lopez, Wilton	7/19/1983	8	2	19 1/3	0	2	8.38	9	8	2.069	.386
Lowe, Mark	6/7/1983	151	0	165	4	12	3.98	147	75	1.442	.255
Lowery, Devon	3/24/1983	5	0	4 1/3	0	0	10.38	6	2	1.846	.316
Maholm, Paul	6/25/1982	127	127	796	38	44	4.33	506	270	1.418	.282
Manuel, Robert	7/9/1983	3	0	4 1/3	0	0	0.00	2	1	1.385	.294
Marmol, Carlos	10/14/1982	239	13	307 2/3	14	16	3.42	362	200	1.284	.181
Marshall, Jay	2/25/1983	61	0	49 1/3	1	4	7.66	19	22	1.723	.315
Marshall, Sean	8/30/1982	134	59	379 2/3	19	29	4.55	270	149	1.420	.266
Martin, J.D.	1/2/1983	15	15	77	5	4	4.44	37	24	1.416	.279
Martinez, Carlos	5/26/1982	16	0	15 1/3	0	1	4.11	15	9	1.630	.276
Martinez, Joe	2/26/1983	9	5	30	3	2	7.50	19	12	1.933	.351
Masset, Nick	5/17/1982	151	2	186	9	4	3.97	138	78	1.419	.267
Mathis, Doug	6/7/1983	32	6	65	2	2	4.43	34	24	1.538	.296
McCarthy, Brandon	7/7/1983	110	56	372 2/3	20	24	4.56	251	142	1.363	.256
McCrory, Bob	5/3/1982	15	0	13 2/3	0	0	16.46	9	18	3.293	.415
McCutchen, Daniel	9/26/1982	6	6	36 1/3	1	2	4.21	19	11	1.349	.271
Meek, Evan	5/12/1983	50	0	60	1	2	4.20	49	41	1.433	.215
Meredith, Cla	6/4/1983	265	0	268 1/3	14	12	3.52	182	76	1.334	.275
Miller, Jim	4/28/1982	8	0	7 2/3	0	2	1.17	8	5	1.826	.290
Mock, Garrett	4/25/1983	54	18	132 1/3	4	13	5.17	118	67	1.647	.288
Motte, Jason	6/22/1982	81	0	67 2/3	4	4	4.12	70	26	1.300	.246
Ni, Fu-Te	11/14/1982	36	0	31	0	0	2.61	21	11	1.000	.187
Niemann, Jeff	2/28/1983	36	32	196 2/3	15	8	4.03	139	67	1.373	.267
Nieve, Fernando	7/15/1982	59	18	143 2/3	6	7	4.20	105	62	1.406	.257
Nolasco, Ricky	12/13/1982	105	89	558 2/3	40	30	4.43	491	136	1.251	.261
Nunez, Leo	8/14/1983	181	6	227 2/3	13	13	4.66	162	75	1.366	.268
O'Day, Darren	10/22/1982	98	0	102	2	2	3.00	85	32	1.196	.237
Ohlendorf, Ross	8/8/1982	65	34	245 2/3	12	14	4.54	167	86	1.392	.274
Owings, Micah	9/28/1982	77	64	377	21	29	5.08	261	155	1.408	.260
Parra, Manny	10/30/1982	68	58	332 1/3	21	20	5.17	289	164	1.652	.288
Pena, Luis	1/10/1983	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Perez, Rafael	5/15/1982	189	0	197 1/3	9	9	3.97	195	69	1.282	.245
Perkins, Glen	3/2/1983	67	43	281 2/3	18	11	4.73	145	74	1.431	.293
Pinto, Renyel	7/8/1982	224	0	214 1/3	8	10	3.70	206	143	1.460	.223
Purcey, David	4/22/1982	21	21	113	4	9	5.81	97	59	1.593	.276
Ramirez, Ramon	9/16/1982	16	4	39 1/3	1	1	2.97	29	15	1.017	.184
Register, Steven	5/16/1983	11	0	12	0	0	8.25	9	7	1.917	.314
Reineke, Chad	4/9/1982	5	4	23	2	1	5.48	14	12	1.435	.247
Richard, Clayton	9/12/1983	51	34	200 2/3	11	10	4.80	143	84	1.490	.277
Roenicke, Josh	8/4/1982	29	0	34	0	0	5.56	39	18	1.647	.281
Romero, Davis	3/30/1983	7	0	16 1/3	1	0	3.86	10	6	1.531	.297
Romo, Sergio	3/4/1983	74	0	68	8	3	3.04	74	19	.956	.188
Rowland-Smith, Ryan	1/26/1983	88	27	253 1/3	11	7	3.62	171	90	1.303	.250
Rupe, Josh	8/18/1982	70	1	132 2/3	4	2	4.95	75	64	1.575	.290
Russell, Adam	4/14/1983	37	0	38 1/3	7	1	4.70	36	21	1.670	.281
Sadowski, Ryan	10/4/1982	6	6	28 1/3	2	4	4.45	17	17	1.588	.264
Sanchez, Humberto	5/28/1983	2	0	2	0	0	4.50	1	2	1.500	.167
Sanchez, Jonathan	11/19/1982	121	66	413 1/3	21	30	4.81	429	214	1.449	.246
Santana, Ervin	12/12/1982	140	137	846 1/3	59	45	4.52	687	269	1.323	.261
Segovia, Zack	4/11/1983	9	1	15 1/3	1	1	8.22	6	7	1.696	.322
Shell, Steven	3/10/1983	43	0	55	2	2	2.45	46	22	1.109	.200
Sipp, Tony	7/12/1983	46	0	40	2	0	2.93	48	25	1.300	.194
Sonnanstine, Andy	3/18/1983	76	72	423 2/3	25	28	5.40	281	97	1.395	.291
Sowers, Jeremy	5/17/1983	72	71	400	18	30	5.18	174	132	1.440	.283
Stauffer, Tim	6/2/1982	32	31	167 2/3	8	14	5.15	110	70	1.497	.277
Stevens, Jeff	9/5/1983	11	0	12 2/3	1	0	7.11	9	8	1.737	.286
Street, Huston	8/2/1983	311	0	330 2/3	25	13	2.91	341	91	1.040	.211
Swindle, R.J.	7/7/1983	9	0	11 1/3	0	0	12.71	12	6	2.382	.389
Tankersley, Taylor	3/7/1983	141	0	106	8	3	4.25	108	63	1.509	.249
Torres, Carlos	8/22/1982	8	5	28 1/3	1	2	6.04	22	17	1.659	.286
Troncoso, Ramon	2/16/1983	105	0	120 2/3	6	5	3.21	93	46	1.376	.268
Vargas, Jason	2/2/1983	54	34	218 2/3	9	14	5.43	142	87	1.477	.276
Vasquez, Virgil	6/7/1982	19	10	61 1/3	2	6	6.60	36	23	1.761	.332
Verlander, Justin	2/20/1983	132	132	840	65	43	3.92	746	282	1.285	.249
Viola, Pedro	6/29/1983	9	0	7	0	0	5.14	5	3	1.429	.269
Volquez, Edinson	7/3/1983	62	58	325 2/3	24	19	4.37	308	167	1.471	.253
Wade, Cory	5/28/1983	82	0	99	4	4	3.18	69	25	1.051	.218
Weaver, Jered	10/4/1982	110	110	671 2/3	51	27	3.73	546	198	1.249	.250
Wells, Randy	8/28/1982	31	27	170 2/3	12	10	2.95	105	49	1.254	.255
Whisler, Wesley	4/7/1983	3	0	1 1/3	0	0	13.50	2	3	2.250	.000
Wood, Tim	11/16/1982	18	0	22 1/3	1	0	2.82	16	10	1.433	.272
Worrell, Mark	3/8/1983	4	0	5 2/3	0	1	7.94	4	4	2.118	.364
Wright, Chase	2/8/1983	3	2	10	2	0	7.20	8	6	1.800	.293
Zagurski, Mike	1/27/1983	25	0	21 1/3	1	0	5.91	21	11	1.688	.287

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